Thank you, Mr. Ellis. We're doing great with time.
If I may, I'll add a question or statement. I don't know if any of the witnesses can help me.
There was, to me, some misleading information. I heard that because natural gas or propane has a low humidity content, the grain would dry a lot faster with these fuels than with others. From my days on the farm—and I've been around a few dryers—I know that the flame doesn't directly dry the grain. It goes through a heat exchanger, so to me that's irrelevant to the fuel.
Also, biofuel and biomass heating have been around for a long time. Actually, I've had a biomass boiler for over 30 years, and there's been a lot of improvement. I've seen one on the island and it burns straw. I think there was also some statement saying that if we removed the straw, we'd lose some valuable nutrients, but we do that all the time when we want to sell straw or other products.
I'm just curious if this could be accelerated, because there's already technology out there. It's more of a statement, but if somebody wants to comment on that, I'll take it. If not, we can move on.
I want to thank Mr. Goodlet and Matt Parry from the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Phil King and Gervais Coulombe from the Department of Finance, and Judy Meltzer from the Department of the Environment. Thank you all for being here.
We will suspend for a few minutes and then come back with our final witness. Don't go too far; we'll be back shortly.